Screenwriting: Logline and pitching

An interesting character must do something compelling in order to achieve something worthwhile


Titanic

Two forbidden lovers navigate around an arranged marriage and differences in social status. while fighting to survive onboard a sinking Titanic.


Jaws

A small team of locals must hunt down a murderous shark to return safety to the beaches of Amity 


ET

A young boy encounters an alien and must help him hide from the authorities until he can return home.


Star Wars: A New Hope

A young Luke skywalker finds a message from a princess asking for help, teaming up with an old Jedi master they fight through the forces of the empire to answer the calls of help against the battle between the rebellion and the empire.


The Sound of Music

Maria a nun is hired as a governess for 7 children under the employ of the Former Navy Captain Von Trap, She falls in love with the family and together they must flee Austria from the Nazis.


Alien

Commercial Space Crew respond to a distress signal only to end up with a deadly Alien Loose on their ship, the crew must flush out the alien and eject it from the ship before they can return home to earth.


Shrek

Shrek, An Ogre that wishes for nothing more than a peaceful life, embarked on a quest to fetch a princess for Lord Farkward to get the magical creatures of the lord off his Swamp lands.

Log Line:


An interesting character must do something compelling in order to achieve something worthwhile.


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